WRN vs. MTAL, NEXA, LAC, ASM, SGML, EU, DC, LAAC, LZM, and CRML
Should you be buying Western Copper & Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Copper & Gold include MAC Copper (MTAL), Nexa Resources (NEXA), Lithium Americas (LAC), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), Sigma Lithium (SGML), enCore Energy (EU), Dakota Gold (DC), Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAAC), Lifezone Metals (LZM), and Critical Metals (CRML). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.
Western Copper & Gold vs. Its Competitors
Western Copper & Gold (NYSE:WRN) and MAC Copper (NYSE:MTAL) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.
Western Copper & Gold presently has a consensus target price of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 225.20%. MAC Copper has a consensus target price of $12.63, suggesting a potential upside of 5.38%. Given Western Copper & Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Western Copper & Gold is more favorable than MAC Copper.
Western Copper & Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MAC Copper.
22.0% of Western Copper & Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of MAC Copper shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Western Copper & Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Western Copper & Gold had 1 more articles in the media than MAC Copper. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Western Copper & Gold and 2 mentions for MAC Copper. MAC Copper's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Western Copper & Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that MAC Copper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Western Copper & Gold has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MAC Copper has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.
MAC Copper's return on equity of 0.00% beat Western Copper & Gold's return on equity.
Summary
Western Copper & Gold beats MAC Copper on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:WRN) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
